diff --git a/r2s-bwmsgsv2.rb b/r2s-bwmsgsv2.rb
index bca221bc405adfd5a5ce36559d08e17c89883d3c..4122153b3af6f696583ca38d5d82de58865a4a27 100755
--- a/r2s-bwmsgsv2.rb
+++ b/r2s-bwmsgsv2.rb
@@ -59,17 +59,17 @@ while true
 
 	day_msg_count = redis.incr(
 		"archived_message-#{ARGV[0]}-#{tai_yyyymmdd}-total"
-		).then { |total|
+	)
 
-		t = Time.now
-		puts "LOG %d.%09d: total msgs for %s-%s now at %s\n" %
-			[t.to_i, t.nsec, tai_yyyymmdd, ARGV[0], total]
-	}
+	t = Time.now
+	puts "LOG %d.%09d: total msgs for %s-%s now at %s\n" %
+		[t.to_i, t.nsec, tai_yyyymmdd, ARGV[0], day_msg_count]
 
 	# TODO: do something with day_msg_count
 
 	# TODO: print less stuff in here
 	puts "TODO - got some stuff: " + timestamps_plus_json_blob
+	puts "TODO - daymsgcount: '#{day_msg_count}'"
 
 	# add some timestamps to timestamps_plus_json_blob (our own)
 
@@ -86,8 +86,15 @@ while true
 
 	# if got HTTP 200, then:
 
-	# redis.set(...) with expiration of 3 days, including timestamps
-	#  use key: archived_message-#{ARGV[0]}-#{tai_yyyymmdd}-#{day_msg_count}
+	# TODO: "archived_message-#{ARGV[0]}-#{tai_yyyymmdd}-#{day_msg_count}"?
+	#  if exists, then fail, and leave thing on pending queue (not atomic)
+
+	rv1 = redis.setex(
+		"archived_message-#{ARGV[0]}-#{tai_yyyymmdd}-#{day_msg_count}",
+		259200, timestamps_plus_json_blob
+	)
+	puts "TODO - rv1: " + rv1
+	# TODO: confirm rv1 == 'OK'
 
 	# confirm pending key has one element and e == timestamps_plus_json_blob
 	#  if so, then rpop pending_messages-#{ARGV[0]} and discard